Smoking appliance



Nov. 17, 1942.l C

l.. SWEM 2,302,154

SMOKING -APPLIANCE Filed April 9, 1940 Syvum/vte@ Patented Nov. 17, 1942 Unirse stares' garant airain @FFME 2 anims.

The present invention relates to improvements in smoking appliances and refers particularly to a combined mouth piece and smoking shield.

One of the principal objects oi the invention is the provision of means having the dual function of detachably connecting the smoking shield to the mouth piece and of ejecting a cigarette n or cigar from the mouth piece as the shield is detached therefrom.

`A further object is to provide a smoking shield which will permit a cigarette to be smoked in comfort and safety in fog, mist, rain or in rapidly moving open conveyances.

Another object is the provision of a smoking yshield adapted not only to catch and retain ashes throughout the smoking of the cigarette butalso designed to permit the ashes and unconsumed portion of the cigarette to be deposited in an ash tray or Waste receptacle in one operation. YA still further object is to provide a smoking shield and holder capable of permitting a lighted cigarette or cigar to be laid and left upon a piece of furniture without scorching or injuring the latter.

Another object is to provide a smoking shield vwhich will permit the slow burning of a cigarette in the event the smoker temporarily lays the holder aside. a plurality of air vents or vopenings in the shield and providing the shield with a flared open end to insure free circulation of air through the shield, the ared end being of a diameter to permit a cigarette to' be easily lighted after the shield has been attached to the holder.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will now be more fully described, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which:

vFigure 1 is a top plan view showing the holde and shield in operative position.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sect-ion through the attached holder and shield.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the holder detached from the shield.

Figure 4 is a section on line iof Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawing the numeral It designates generally my smoking appliance comprising a cigar 0r cigarette holder l I and a smoking shield i2 detachably connected thereto. The mouth piece is provided with a central longitudinal passage I3 extending entirely through the holder, and the outer end of the holder is formed with a reduced shield supporting and engaging This is accomplished by forming portion Ill at one end thereof. This reduced portion Il! forms with the adjacent enlarged portion of the holder, an annular shoulder I5 against which the inner end of the shield I2 abuts when applied to vthe holder. The portion ill may constitute a separate member; as shown in Figure 2, or may be constructed-as an integral part of the holder as desired. The top of the shield supporting portion I4 has formed therein a curved open ended slot Iii (see Figure 3) the inner end-of which terminates at a point spaced from the shoulder I5. This slot cooperates with the shield I2 to forma detachable connection, as will be presently described.` 'Y

'The shield I2 is of hollow, funnel-shaped formation, having a large flaring outer end; I1. The inner diameter of the inner end -I8 of the shield is of a size to fit snugly over the reduced portion Ill of the holder Ill The end I8 is also provided with a transverse hole or opening'Il in its top adapted', when the shield is fully slipped upon the holder, to register with the inner end oi the curved slot IS. A fiat spring ejector arm 20 .has one end thereof secured to the top of the shield by any suitable fastening means 2l and this arm is constructed to extend rearwardly and upwardly at an angle to the outer surface of the shield. The outer free end of the spring arm 20 is connected to and supports a transversely extending pin 22. This-pin is aligned with and projects through the transverseopening I9 in the shield. As shown in Figures 2 and 4, the spring arm normally positions the pin 22 so that its inner end projects slightly into the interior of the shield. In other words, the pin is normally held so that its inner end will initially 'act as a guide lug which will engage and move rearwardly in the slot I6 when the shield is attached to the mouth piece. i

With this construction, it will loe apparent that the shield may be easily and quickly connected to'the mouth piece. by registering the pin "22 with the open end of the slot IS. Thereafter by moving the shield inwardly with a rotating motion, the pin will move rearwardly in the slot I 6 until it reaches the inner end of the slot. Thecurve of the slot I5 plus the friction of the inner end of the lug or pin I against the sides of the slot acts to effectively hold and detachably lock the shield on the holder or mouth piece. It will he observed that the several parts are so proportioned that the inner end of the shield will abut the annular shoulder I when the pin I9 has reached the inner end of the slot Iii. If, for any reason, it is desired to remove the shield without removing the cigarette from the holder, it is necessary merely to reverse the rotation of the shield, which action will move the pin outwardly in the slot IG and thus detach the shield from the mouth piece.

In addition to providing an effective means for quickly attaching and detaching the shield to the mouth piece, the spring pressed pin 22 and curved slot IG also function to effectively eject the stub unsmoked portion of the cigarette from the holder as the shield is detached therefrom. This is accomplished by applying pressure to the head or enlarged finger engaging portion 23 of the pin against the tension of the spring arm 2E. This will move the pin inwardly -so that its inner end will grasp or puncture the cigarette. With the pin held in this inward position, rotation of the shield to detach the same from the holder will transmit a -forward twisting or rotating movement of the cigarette `out of the end of the mouth piece.

`It will thus be apparent that the means for detachably connecting the shield to the holder -has the dual function of eifectively electing the unsmoked portion of the cigarette from the holder astheshield is being detached therefrom. After the shield has been detached from the holder the pin I9 may be released from the cigarette by removing the thumb or finger from the head 23. The spring arm will then return the pin to its initial position in which the end of the pin projects slightly into the interior of the shield. The released cigarette stub Will, of course, fall down upon the inner surface of the shield.

With this construction, the unsmoked portion `of the cigarette together with the ashes of the smoked portion of the cigarette will be retained in the shield and'both may be` disposed of at the `same time by tilting the shield into an ash tray or other container.

'Referring to Figure 2, it will be observed that the shield I2 is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced elongated slots 24 constituting air Vents for allowing a continuous circulation of air .within the shield to keep the cigarette burning at all times, that is either with or Without the forced draft of smoking. It will be further observed (see Figure 2) that the enlarged flared open end I1 of the shield provides suiicient space between the inner surface of the shield and 'the cigarette to allow free ingress of air into the interior of the shield. Thus the combination of the air vents and the 'flared open end of the shield insures sufficient circulation of air within the shield to prevent the cigarette from becoming extinguished when theholder is momentarily laid aside. `The outer end of the shield is also of a size'to permit the end of the cigarette to be easily lighted or ignited after the shield'has been placed in operative position. In order to prevent ashes -from falling freely from the enlarged opening Il of the shield, I` provide-an annular flange 25 which will eiectively retain the ashes in the shield but will not interfere with the lighting of the cigarette or the free circulating of air to the interior of the shield.

While I have described throughout the specification the mouth piece, or holder as being constructed to receive a cigarette, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the use of cigarettes and that the reduced portion I4 of the mouth piece may be formed to receive and support a cigar 01 other object to be smoked. Furthermore, the spring ejector arm 20 may be formed of metal or any other material as long as it gives the desired spring action. It is to be also understood that the invention is not limited to the details of construction shown in the drawing and described in the specification, and that the phraseology employed in the specification is for the purpose of description and not of limitation.

I claim:

1. In a holder for cigarettes and the like, a mouth piece having an opening within which the end of a cigarette is adapted to be inserted and supported, a smoking shield adapted to surround the cigarette, said mouth piece having a curved open ended slot in its cigarette receiving end, and a pin carried by the shield and engageable with the slot to detachably connect the mouth piece and shield, said pin being movable relative to the shield to contact a cigarette and twist the latter forwardly out of the mouth piece as the pin moves out of the curved slot when the shield is detached from the mouth piece.

'2. In a holder for cigarettes and the like, a mouth piece having an opening within which the end of a cigarette is adapted to be inserted and supported, a smoking shield adapted to surround the cigarette, and interengaging means on said mouth piece and shield for detachably connecting said members together and for removing the cigarette from the mouth piece as the shield and mouth piece are detached, said interengaging means'comprising an open ended slot in the mouth piece, and a substantially radially movable pin on the shield normally maintained in a position to engage said slot, whereby the mouth piece and shield may be connected or separated by relative longitudinal movement of the two without withdrawal of the pin from the slot, said pin being radially movable inwardly whereby to engagea cigarette and to withdraw the cigarette from the mouth piece as the shield and mouth piece are separated, said slot extending both longitudinally and circumferentially of the mouth piece whereby to require a relative rotative movement of the mouth piece and shield when the two are separated, and thereby cause similar movement of the cigarette when engaged by the pin during the separation of the shield and mouth piece.

CHARLES L. SWEM. 

